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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 179

Boys Refused by Navy Court Convictions Magistrate's Criticism Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 3

The refusal by the Royal Australia Navy to accept any boy convicted in the Children's Court was condemned by Mr. Alwyn Schroeder, a special Magistrate,…

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Sent to Prison on Charge of Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 7

Jack McDonald, 31, laborer, was sentenced to imprisonment for one month on each of two charges of stealing heard before Mr. M. E. Soane…

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Irish Rebels Sentenced in England London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 9

Shouting: "Up the Republic," as they left the dock, two brothers were sentenced to-day for complicity in bombing…

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Three Arrests Charges of Assault and Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 10

Three men were arrested yesterday, two in the morning, and one in the afternoon, and charged at Newcastle police station with having assaulted and robbed…

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Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) No Tax Returns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 13

Eight persons were fined at the West Maitland Court yesterday for having failed to provide income tax returns. Edward James Foley, of E. J. and M…

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Bomb Charges Three More Sentenced in London LONDON, April 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 12

Molly Gallacher, 18, was sentenced to serve three years at the Borstal Institute today for having concealed in her rooms explosive material belonging to men of…

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Licensing Court Booth Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 3

Alton Thomas Cusick, of the Hotel Gosford, Gosford, was granted booth licences for Newcastle races on Thursday…

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Small Debts Court Plaintiff Non-suited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 3

The plaintiff was non-suited, and was ordered to pay 4/ costs, in the case in which Norman Stanley Gilmour, trading at S. McCrum, Newcastle, sued…

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Hold-up Charge Three Men in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 1

Three men appeared before Mr. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court to-day in connection with the incident at…

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Still Disagree Police and Aldermen District Protection Health Committee Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 2

The police authorities believe that the Newcastle district, particularly Lambton and New Lambton, receives adequate police protection. Aldermen at the…

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Charges Not Proved Court and Eric Campbell Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 1

The Full Court, by a majority, to-day refused to strike Eric Campbell off the roll of solicitors. The Court held that the…

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Protest to Police Aldermen Object to Car Minders "One Who Ran Away"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 10

The Health Committee of the Greater Newcastle Council has suggested that the attention of Newcastle police be directed to the activities of unauthorised car…

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No Complaints of Car-minders, Say Police. Would Take Action Alderman Is Critical

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 7

Police officials said to-day that while they had authority under the Motor Traffic regulations to deal with car-minders,…

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Opened Sister's Trunk Man's Admission in Court Claim for Share of Estate Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 12

William Oswald Vogwell said in the Equity Court to-day that he had opened a trunk belonging to his sister, Lily Jane Charlton Vogwell, and had gone…

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Sentenced for Assault on Two Boys Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 11

A sentence of three years' imprisonment was imposed on William Boyd, 42, labourer, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, for assaults on two boys. It was stated…

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Sent to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 5

On each of two charges of theft Jack McDonald, 31. labourer, was sentenced to imprisonment for one month, the sentence to be concurrent. The charges were: At…

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Sensational Arrest Parramatta Gaol Escapee Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 8

Joseph Bourke, 35, one of the three men who escaped from Parramatta Gaol on February 17, was arrested to-…

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Dumosa Murder Inquiries Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 7

Three of ten men who have been' asked to report to the police have been traced and eliminated from inquiries about the unidentified victim…

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Police Court Wednesday, April 5 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Offensive Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 5

For having behaved offensively in Hunter-street on April 4, Christopher Shudell, 38, fireman, was fined 10/, in default a day's imprisonment…

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Assault, Robbery Charges Three Men Remanded Episode at Rhondda

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 11

On a charge of assault and robbery at Rhondda on April 1, Joseph Henry Lawson, 25, labourer; Ernest Thomas Wells, 25, labourer; and James Anderson, 27,…

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